And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I had one of those while driving my front engined dragster. Blew out the center four cylinders all the way up to the heads. I was near the finish line when it let go and couldn't see with all the oil and water on my goggles. Fortunately I came to a safe stop after all the crap blew away and I could lift one side of my goggles to see where I was.
I had a 1956 Pontiac that suffered a broken intake valve before shattering the piston and ruining the head. It looked like that. I was so dumb I just cleaned up the mess with a few gallons of solvent and removed what was left of the oil ring from the camshaft, put a junk yard piston and head in it and drove it for a few more years. Looking back I can't believe it worked.
That looks like the bottom part of a connecting rod in the middle of the pan. Judging by the damage at the edges of the pan the block has been destroyed. Al_in_Ottawa
I once had a 318 in a 94 Grand Cherokee spit the crank out the oilpan at 70 MPH in the fast lane on I-70. It was... messy. The statie got a chuckle out of it, me settin next to the road, guts scattered a quarter mile up the mountain and the racing stain of oil n coolant runnin down the breakdown lane. Was a good excuse to stuff a 360 out of a newer Mopar in once we get it home. :) Shit happens.
If cars could suffer from constipation ...
ReplyDeleteI had one of those while driving my front engined dragster. Blew out the center four cylinders all the way up to the heads. I was near the finish line when it let go and couldn't see with all the oil and water on my goggles. Fortunately I came to a safe stop after all the crap blew away and I could lift one side of my goggles to see where I was.
ReplyDeleteI'm just glad ya still got all of both feet!
DeleteThat's not good. . .
ReplyDeleteLooks expensive!
ReplyDeleteBuff right out.
ReplyDeleteI had a 1956 Pontiac that suffered a broken intake valve before shattering the piston and ruining the head. It looked like that. I was so dumb I just cleaned up the mess with a few gallons of solvent and removed what was left of the oil ring from the camshaft, put a junk yard piston and head in it and drove it for a few more years. Looking back I can't believe it worked.
ReplyDeleteEVERYTHING blew up.
ReplyDeleteIt's SUPPOSED to be "high speed, low drag", not high temp, max drag. Just sayen...
ReplyDeleteThat looks like the bottom part of a connecting rod in the middle of the pan. Judging by the damage at the edges of the pan the block has been destroyed.
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
I once had a 318 in a 94 Grand Cherokee spit the crank out the oilpan at 70 MPH in the fast lane on I-70. It was... messy. The statie got a chuckle out of it, me settin next to the road, guts scattered a quarter mile up the mountain and the racing stain of oil n coolant runnin down the breakdown lane. Was a good excuse to stuff a 360 out of a newer Mopar in once we get it home. :) Shit happens.
ReplyDeleteSomeone treated their machine like dirt.
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